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Two charity shops in Lancaster have been burgled and trashed within the space of two weeks.

Police said the Scope charity shop on Cheapside in Lancaster was burgled overnight between Sunday, (October 1) and Monday (October 2).

£1000 was taken from the safe inside the shop and damage was caused to items in the shop.

A spokesman for Scope said on Facebook: “Our shop was broken into and apart from making a real mess and breaking a lot of things they got away with just over £1000.

Scope in Lancaster was burgled overnight between October 1 and 2.

"Obviously this is a lot of money for a charity and it makes it worse that this is money that actually goes towards helping people.”

A fundraiser has been set up by Rosa Thompson who said on gofundme: “So some of you may or may not know, but sadly my mums charity shop in Lancaster, (SCOPE) got broken into on Sunday evening resulting in them taking over £1,000, I’m setting up this page just to try and get a little something back and try and recover from the money that they have stolen from the charity.

"Anything at all would be a massive help and hugely appreciated, thank you.”

So far £110 has been raised.

The St John's Hospice sustainable superstore was burgled and trashed a few days ago.

You can donate at https://www.gofundme.com/f/scope-lancaster

St John’s Hospice shops said on Facebook five days ago: “Absolutely devastated to find our Kingsway Superstore has been broken into overnight.

"They have taken multiple items and caused a lot of damage.

“If anybody has seen anything around our Kingsway store please do contact police.”

Contact police on 101 with any information.

Two Lancaster charity shops burgled and trashed within fortnight